Irrawaddy

[ ir-uh-wod-ee, -waw-dee ]

noun

1. a river flowing south through Myanmar (Burma) to the Bay of Bengal. 1,250 miles (2,015 km) long.

Irrawaddy

/ ˌɪrəˈwɒdɪ /

noun

1. the main river in Myanmar, rising in the north in two headstreams and flowing south through the whole length of Myanmar, to enter the Andaman Sea by nine main mouths. Length: 2100 km (1300 miles)

Example Sentences

The flight - which had 211 passengers and 18 crew on board - was into the tenth hour of its journey, passing over the Irrawaddy Basin in Myanmar when turbulence struck.

From BBC

The Irrawaddy, a Myanmar online news outlet, reported Tuesday that members of a Karen armed force who are not affiliated with the Karen National Union were guarding the bridges on the Myanmar side.

From Seattle Times

Independent media including Myanmar Now, The Irrawaddy and Rakhine-based outlets also reported about the incident, giving death tolls between 21 and 23 on Monday and Tuesday.

From Seattle Times

The independent media sympathetic to Myanmar’s anti-military resistance movement, including the online sites of Khit Thit and The Irrawaddy, reported Tuesday that three generals had been sentenced to death and three others to life imprisonment.

From Seattle Times

In Myanmar, freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins have a similar partnership with humans, who often call the dolphins into service by tapping sticks against the sides of their boats.

From National Geographic